diff -Nur binutils-2.35.orig/bfd/elf32-cris.c binutils-2.35/bfd/elf32-cris.c
--- binutils-2.35.orig/bfd/elf32-cris.c	2020-07-24 11:12:19.000000000 +0200
+++ binutils-2.35/bfd/elf32-cris.c	2020-09-07 10:56:01.075626508 +0200
@@ -1021,7 +1021,6 @@
       bfd_reloc_status_type r;
       const char *symname = NULL;
       enum elf_cris_reloc_type r_type;
-      bfd_boolean resolved_to_zero;
 
       r_type = ELF32_R_TYPE (rel->r_info);
 
@@ -1134,9 +1133,6 @@
       if (bfd_link_relocatable (info))
 	continue;
 
-      resolved_to_zero = (h != NULL
-			  && UNDEFWEAK_NO_DYNAMIC_RELOC (info, h));
-
       switch (r_type)
 	{
 	case R_CRIS_16_GOTPLT:
@@ -1439,7 +1435,6 @@
 	case R_CRIS_16:
 	case R_CRIS_32:
 	  if (bfd_link_pic (info)
-	      && !resolved_to_zero
 	      && r_symndx != STN_UNDEF
 	      && (input_section->flags & SEC_ALLOC) != 0
 	      && ((r_type != R_CRIS_8_PCREL
@@ -3357,8 +3352,7 @@
 	     render the symbol local.  */
 
 	  /* No need to do anything if we're not creating a shared object.  */
-	  if (! bfd_link_pic (info)
-	      || UNDEFWEAK_NO_DYNAMIC_RELOC (info, h))
+	  if (! bfd_link_pic (info))
 	    break;
 
 	  /* We may need to create a reloc section in the dynobj and made room